Valonia casts Haste, as well as Raging Song, before Rajah Pounces the ogre, attacking alongside Sunday.
The hill giant backs up 5' and swings at Krysta twice, but the damn dragon is too difficult to hit! He growls in frustration as his greatclub whiffs twice.
Yavenee's causes the two large creatures in the rear by Krysta to explode in a burst of golden particles which blinds the ogre, but not the hill giant.
Krysta closed the distance on the giant once more, this time using Ghina to help distract her opponent. Not hesitating the dragon unleashed a flurry of bites claws and wingsmacks using Ghina's distraction to let her hit some more vital locations.
Delendir is surprised by both Daud's and Rajah's charge "Some seem hungry for giant meat!" the half-elf feels the familiar surge of the inspired song filling his muscles and he lets it go "That song! It remembers me to Elisai, is that why you did know each other?!"
With the new strength, Delendir let's go extra arrows to the giant or the ogre if the giant falls.
Meanwhile Ghina flaps around the hill giant helping Krysta to bring it down. Going into a rage inspired by Valonia's song her talons and beak became charged with electricity!
All but one of Krysta's furious attacks rip the flesh away from the large hill giant. He howls in a deep voice, his pain evident after razor sharp teeth and claws tear him limb from limb. The lunmbering giant drops his greatclub and collapses to the ground in a glittery, bloody mess.
Meanwhile, the remainder of the team collapses on the last ogre. Sunday's arrows fly as Ghina uses her electrically enhanced talons on the enemy. It too gives away, succumbing to the massive trauma inflicted by the ranger and his allies. As he collapses to the ground unconscious, the cavern corridor once again falls quiet.
A quick search of the three large creatures finds nothing special on their body, but the following large items: Ogre Hook +1 x2, Hide Armor +1 x2, Masterwork Composite Long Bow (+7 Str) x2, 40 arrows, Hide armor, greatclub.
From the east where you entered, the cold wintery wind of artic air and snow blows in, howling and swirling.
The corridor up ahead that the enemies came from splits three different ways.
To the south, there is light visible along with sounds of numerous creatures toiling away at a forge. It's difficult to tell from where you are, but there has to be at least ten different voices echoing down the hall.
From the west, several female voices echo with occasional hysterical laughter.
To the north there is silence, the path ahead forking ahead.
Delendir advances himself to pick up the arrows and refill his quickly depleting quiver "Are you ok Krysta? Those ogres were a reckless fury. Although not as much as our new friend's tiger" the ranger smiles while soothing Rajah's head. He extends his arm as well to let Ghina flight there where he inspects the hawk's wounds "You will be fine. You are doing great my little friend"
Observing a bit ahead he explains what he can listen and see to the others while the group heals up and picks the bodies magical items "I do think we are better heading to the light. We can see better there, and I guess it is better to deal with the large mass of enemies before the alarm is further raised or we head deeper into the caves"
He tries to identify what kind of creature might create the hideous laugh.
Delendir will wait until Valonia and Krysta are healed before heading south.
Delendir has only heard this laugh once before, but he'll never forget it: Hags. He's not sure what type until he sees them, but those wart-covered crones are big trouble.
As Delendir moves forward he quickly takes stock of what is happening. In the the room ahead some form of a fight has broken out. At least ten, maybe a dozen large ogres form a circle around two smaller humanoid creatures in the center. The two creatures are too difficult to make out from here, but-
A lightning bolt explodes from the center of the fighting ring, striking one of the figures, a man maybe? The ogre's all around the center of the ring explode in a cheer, lifting their greatclubs and ogre hooks to the ceiling.
Once the giants have fallen Yavenee rushes forward to put her hands on Krysta, healing the worst of the dragon's wounds. "Thier size was clearly no match for your fury." the witch says with a smile.
She goes over to where Ghina sits on the ranger's forearm as her inspects her wounds and gently applies her healing to the fierce raptor as well.
Turning and noting Valonia still looking a bit worse for wear, she produces her healing wand and approaches the warsinger. "And you withstood a fury few would survive much less remain standing.' she says as she activates the wand.
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Looking over at Sunday, the witch grins. "You came through a fight without getting hurt, I don't think I remember that ever happening before."
Still brandishing the wand she uses it on him. "The next one will probably be uglier than this one though."
Sunday gives the Witch a smug grin back, or as much as his sleepy countenance will allow. ”Me neither. Luck is odd like that.”
When she taps him with the wand the grin disappears and he nods. ”Most likely. Hopefully we can keep it this quick.”
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Things inside the ring of ogres seem to be progressing quickly. The one creature who looks strikingly similar to the fey that you offered assistance to yesterday, sits in the center of the ring fighting an unarmed humanoid of some kind. His back toward you, you can't make out many of the details.
The nymph flushes out a blade of flame from her hand and tries to strike the man, but misses. The man strikes repeatedly, again and again before the nymph relents and collapses on the ground. The man jumps on top of her like an animal and flails at her before standing. He shouts followed by .
All around the circle the ogre group begins to chant in unison. before one of the ogres towards the south steps forward. He raises his greatclub in the air and then swings it powerfully towards the man where it connects with tremendous force, nearly sending the man to the ground.
It's quite apparent that the man will not be able to sustain another blow like that, his weakened state evident from your position.
The man reels from blow and makes the larger ogre think he is sufficiently wounded that he can finish him with his bare hands. As the ogre drops his greatclub, the man executes a series of lightning-fast punches that are delivered to near martial arts mastery precision. This time the large ogre staggers in pain, roaring loudly. He swings his fist high which the man dodges as he prepares for a counterattack.
Krysta thanked Yavenee with an affectionate head butt after being healed and listened with amusement as Sunday was praised for getting through a fight without getting hurt. She would have liked to rest longer but knew that they needed to get going and quickly if they wanted to finish what they came here for.
When they pushed on and found the fight Krysta couldn't understand it. She recognized what looked like another nymph that was just beat down by the man. She didn't understand that, it made no sense to her, but she saw it anyway.
Even more surprising to Krysta was that the man began to take on the ogres. He was struck hard and still got up but finally it looked like the man had met his end. Not allowing that to happen Krysta launched herself into the air and flew straight at the ogre in a stooping dive.
Ghina shrieks thankful for Yavenee's healing, and Delendir smiles to his tribeswoman too "Yes, let's move on, it seems something is going on further south"
Delendir steps forward and shots an arrow at Dreg's feet, more to call the attention and distract the ogre than to kill him "Enough!"
"What are you doing with the human?" the half-elf asks the question as if it was not strange a bunch of humans were walking in the caves, on purpose to attempt giving an opportunity to the human to escape and trying to distract them from Krysta's advance.
The man's fist connects with the ogre, causing him to stand their complely disoriented and stunned ... just in time for Krysta to come swooping in from above and rip the large ogre's right should clean away from his body, still holding her prize in her bloody maw.
Delendir's voice causes all ten remaining ogre to turn and face you nearly simultaneously. Stunned at first, they quickly raise their greatclubs into the air and scream war cries at you.
Delendir steps to the side leaving room for Daud and Rajah while he loads two arrows into his bow. Just by that moment he seems to suddenly recognize the face of the man inside the ogre's circle "By Erastil's holly bow! Is it really you Viv!?" the ranger's face instantly brightens with a smile.
The half-elf is so surprised he almost stumbles in the cave's stairs, but he manages to shot a barrel of arrows at the first white ogre to the left
Delendir's arrows are followed by Ghina's flight who moves over the same ogre launching her peak like another of the half-elf's arrows.
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As he repositions himself after the stunning fist to the ogre known as Dreg, Vivi is shocked by the sudden appearance of a dragon. What, they want me to fight that too? By all the kami... The thought is interrupted mid stream, however, as the dragon proceeds to rip off the arm of his antagonist.
Stunned, he barely registers the familiar looking half elf taking pot shots at the ogre. Hearing his voice, however, seems to snap him out of it. Right, I was known as Vivi here...
"Delendir-san?"
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"Who the hell is Vivian?" Valonia asks, not hearing Delendir entirely in the middle of all the fighting going on. She sees the large amount of enemies, and worries for Rajah's afety for a moment.
Her hand glowing slightly, she lightly touches his flank, muttering something.
She then triggers her Raging Song, letting its strength flow through her allies, before signalling Rajah to charge into battle.
Delendir's first two arrows sail unerringly towards the ogre on the left, both of them piercing each eye of the ogre and striking it dead before it even had a chance to recognize it was being attacked.
His second arrow misses, but his third thuds into the center creature engaged with the large tiger. Ghina follows up with a strike of her own, slashing the neck of the large ogre.
Rajah bounds into the room with ferocity, quickly taking down the second ogre blocking the entrance with numerous attacks in rapid succession.
The third ogre from the first group slams its greatclub into the large tiger, inflicting moderate damage to the creature.
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Snapping out of his reverie as the two ogres between him and the way out fall, Vivi sprints over the remains of the ogre formerly known as Dreg to Niosa, still pretending to be dead on the ground. Grabbing the nymph by her torso, he tosses her over his shoulder with a grunt.
"Time to go. Told you I wouldn't let you die, though I can't say this is how I envisioned you leaving."
With the fey woman perched over his shoulder like a sack of wheat, the monk wastes no time in running toward the exit, praying that whatever kami decided to intervene in his life is still watching and in a merciful mood. The bearded man's face twitches as he attempts to call out to his allies of old.
"Friendlies coming in wounded and beaten, make a path and for the love of your hamsters do not shoot us!"
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"Where do I know him from?" Sunday thinks aloud as he saunters in past Delendir and Rajah and up to the Ogre currently trying to flatten her. As he does a coalescing spirit breaks free from his vicinity and streaks towards it before the rest of the spirits envelop it.
"He's shouting something... while also saving that woman... so something..." he says with a shrug.
Moving to a better line of sight, Yavenee begins chanting and gesturing a burst of energy washing over eveyone, accelerating her companions.
Delendir smiles as he recognizes the voice of his old friend "Delendir, the very same!"
As the ogre falls to the ground under his arrows Delendir makes a sign to direct Ghina to fight the next one in line.
The half-elf turns to Daud as he speaks up "Yes Daud, he's Vivi! Do you remember him? You both met the day Hemmlock introduced you to us"
Then shouting again to the monk "It seems you got invited to an ogre party Vivi! Protect yourself, we are coming to the rescue!"
Delendir understands Vivi when he speaks up in Sylvan, he is clued though when he speaks in a different language.
Sunday tilts his head for a bit before his eyes widen as he remembers. ”Ah yes, the fancy talking prick.” he states, his voice carrying no hint of annoyance, simply recognition.
Vivi smiles through his ragged beard at Delendir, noticing Sunday as he arrives with some recognition Ah, the man with the cursed language is here too. Wonders never cease.
"Invite... kind... phrase... to apply... to..." Struggling with common, he swaps to Elven.
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Krysta was pleased the man took advantage of her attack to grab the fey wman and flee. The look of fear in his eyes when he thought he would have to fight her was rather pleasing as well and she would congratulate him on his good taste in that later on but for now Krysta had ogres to kill. Krysta flew over and landed near to Vivi as she spat out the chunk of ogre still in her jaws and then her body began to vibrate as she generated sound from deep within and let loose on the cluster of ogres nearby. All three of the brutes were blasted with a wall of sound as she roared her anger and defiance of their actions.
Krysta blasts the three ogres in front of her with her sonic breath, none of them able move out of the way fast enough to avoid full damage. In retaliation, all four ogres in that corner charge her with their clubs. The first two come in too high and the fourth is wide, but the third times the attack perfectly and would have barely landed his attack had Yavenee not hasted the crystal dragon who simply tilts her head down as the club flies overhead. In the matter of a few seconds, the dragon manages to dodge four large greatclubs and find herself completely surrounded.
The three ogres from the southwest charge the northern attackers, with only the greatclub destined for Sunday standing a chance of striking.
All around him, Vivi sees the ogres fly into a crazy frenzy, flying left and right and seemingly forgetting about the broken man carrying a nymph through the battlefield.
Sunday steps to the side as his collection of spirits lashed out towards their foes as he hacked into the ogre that attacked him.
Vivi internally groans as the ogres with the reddish tint move in between him and his destination. I suppose I should be thanking the kami that they seem to have forgotten about us, but that can only last so long.
Raising his head to partially face Niosa's, he asks the nymph a question.
"You still have any of that fun magic you were using against me left to call upon? We might need to help our rescuers clear a path through to the door."
Niosa lifts her head and nods at the monk, still attempting to let her body pretend to be dead.
Vivi raises an eyebrow, but nods trustingly.
"You trusted me, I will trust you. Give me a moment."
Gods, Taldan is almost impossible to speak in... I hope that came out right.
Standing upright as if he had not been tortured for the last several months, Vivi puffs out his chest and cries out defiantly.
So saying he takes his earlier advice and closes his own eyes, trusting the nymph to do whatever it is she has planned.
I don't like the sound of that
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Once Vivi screams the warning and she sees his eyes are shut, the nymph he was carrying "returns to life" as she climbs to her feet and shows everyone in the room her true beauty. As the nymph stands up and the party looks over at what is going on, they recognize the nymph as the same type of creature that blinded Yavenee and Krysta only yesterday. Familiar with this blinding ability, the party members quickly avert their gaze as the nymph stands up tall and lifts her head proudly.
All around the cave the ogres scream and raise their hands to shield there now blinded eyes. Only one ogre manages to overcome the beauty of the nymph and retain his sight, the other seven unfortunately were now permanently blind. Screaming in agony and furiously rubbing their eyes the cavern quickly becomes drowned in the pain from seven blind ogres.
Niosa leans in and whispers to Vivi.
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Sunday chuckles and grins once the screaming starts in earnest.
Delendir observes the chaos erupting in front of him "The eyes?!" he does not wait for the nymph to reveal herself, the half-elf trusts good enough his old friend and closes the eyes while the ogres start to scream "Can we open the eyes now Vivi?"
He does feel then a sudden surge of speed and lets himself go with the inspired rage of Valonia. The half-shoanti opens his eyes and steps forward beginning to rain the cave with more arrows, starting to shot down the ogres from left to right.
Ghina does not understand what the group is talking about a nymph, she just keeps fighting to her best.
Fortunately, in her rage, she does not see any beauty in a creature without feathers.
Flapping around in the air, she adjusts slightly her position to fight whatever ogre is remaining in the first line of combat.
Vivi hears the cacophony of screams as the ogres are blinded, opening his eyes as the whisper of the fey woman on his shoulder.
"I will try. Hold on tight, this is about to get fast and bumpy."
Seeing one ogre in his path that is not fumbling around in sudden forced blindness, Vivi sets off toward it at a breakneck pace.
"No idea what happened, but perhaps you should have picked someone else to torment."
Throwing a punch that goes wide due to having to keep Niosa balance, followed by a kick that lacks a lot of power, Vivi keeps rushing past the seeing ogre, past the large tiger and stops right before Delendir.
"Heh... safu."